Defector mocks former North Korean despot

ABOVE the ballooning dress of Marilyn Monroe is the face of the late North Korean despot Kim Jong-il.

Defector   mocks former North Korean despot

A pigeon flies overhead and a feather lies nearby on the ground.

North Korean artist Song Byeok once proudly drew the “Dear Leader” in propaganda paintings. But he was sent to labour in one of the reclusive state’s notorious prisons after hunger forced him to try to flee.

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